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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145
    Verdun says:

    True DR.....image

    Would have loved to see Teofilio Stevenson fight Ali, Tyson and Lewis.  image

    Ladybird, Mo Farah and most of our stars are highly paid professionals now. 

    i guess it's why we enjoy the paralympics so much image

    Last edited: 20 August 2016 20:22:50

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     There are professional Para-Olympians - David Weir for instance. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    Mo Farah!!! What a hero!!!

    and the womens 4 x 400 relay team - brilliant!


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Magic, magnificent, majestic Mo! So so proud of all our GB team. I am hoping the Paralympics have some good coverage too.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    imageimage Anyone making coffee ?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    At the risk of sounding like Chandler from Friends - Could it have been any more exciting? image

    Woke up just in time to see it - my subconscious must have been tuned in!  The girls were fabulous too. What a team the Brits have been   image

    I have a little 'thing' for the Marathon. One of our runners has the same name as my late Dad. It always makes me smile when I hear the commentators say it  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    I woke before my alarm sounded too Fairy. Turned it off so it didn't wake OH and snuck out of the bedroom quietly, then a gust of wind from the open windows caught a door on the landing and slammed it shut , waking him up image And he had to get up to go to work today as a colleague is on holiday. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Bit strange how some runners were disqualified and then reinstated. How upsetting for them. I know the eventual outcome was good but it must have taken the shine off their 'moment'. I am going to miss all the wonderful sports coverage after the Paralympics but the garden really needs some attention - oh drat its raining again! My thumb has got RSI after all the channel hopping.

    Last edited: 21 August 2016 09:57:36

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Ladybird4 says:

    No pros in the Olympics. Its for amateurs.

    imageLeast I thought it was!

    See original post

     It hasn't been amateur for many years. For example, Usain Bolt earned over 30 million dollars in 2015.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Shows how much attention I pay image

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